Erika Clegg
BrewDog's 80% brilliant values
What’s fascinating about BrewDog - who, as we all know, are lovable scamps 😏 - is that four of their five values entirely justify their...
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Erika Clegg
- Feb 2
- 2 min
What's driving Mr Beast?
If you have teens and/or an enquiring mind, you'll have come across Mr Beast, the alter-ego of YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson. As well as his...
Erika Clegg
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Watch: What is ActiveEthos?
Erika was asked to explain what the term 'Active Ethos' means. Here's her response.
Erika Clegg
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Questions Answered: Where does the word ethos come from?
I started using the word ‘ethos’ regularly many years ago when introducing a new Values Set to my own business, with the goal of using...
Erika Clegg
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Questions Answered: What are Ethos and Values?
We wanted to take a few steps back and look at the starting point for Larkenby’s work. Many of our clients are at the very beginning of a...
Erika Clegg
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Chanel recruiting culture leaders
On the day that Glassdoor releases its annual list of best places to work, our eyes are peeled as ever for organisations that demonstrate...
Erika Clegg
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Can Active Ethos deliver psychological wellbeing at work?
One method for assessing psychological wellbeing is the Ryff Scale, developed by Prof. Dr. Carol Ryff in the 1970s. It predates Daniel...
Erika Clegg
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
Back to the start...
If there is a single starting point for Larkenby, this scribble captures it. Having pondered my own values in a fairly haphazard way over...
Erika Clegg
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
17 reasons to dig deep and unearth your true values
I found some doodlings I made a few years back about why people might want to take the time to delve deeper into their values. It seemed...
Erika Clegg
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Circus culture: what can we learn?
Erika has a fascination with circus and its unique, very special culture. Keen to dig beneath the glitter and thrills to find out more...
Erika Clegg
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
isme|&|conversation 7 - Erika on vales, culture, and reverse parking
Larkenby founder Erika Clegg was interviewed by Ed Palmer from 212 Radio for isme|&|co's podcast series. The episode, which gives a...
Erika Clegg
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Three sure signs that your culture’s gone feral
Values are your opportunity to underpin a thriving culture that gets everyone working towards a common goal. So if your values aren’t...
Erika Clegg
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Timpson's Magic Dust
With everything in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I love it when people are maverick and flourish. Most...
Erika Clegg
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Watch out for values-washing!
Larkenby's positioning statement is this: "Every company has values. Very few have an Active Ethos.". What is an Active Ethos? It's the...
Erika Clegg
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Learning from your heroes (and then finding your own voice)
This evening I was extraordinarily lucky to see one of the titans of Flamenco guitar, Juan Martin, play a comeback concert in a tiny...
Erika Clegg
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Patagonia's only shareholder: the earth
The transfer of all Patagonia shares to Trusts to protect the environment was all over the news in mid September and rightly so. Yvon...
Erika Clegg
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
What the Queen says about leadership
In her Platinum Jubilee week, many of us reflected on the life of Queen Elizabeth. The values she takes from her faith provide, in her...
Erika Clegg
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Taking your first steps to culture change
If you’ve got a nagging feeling that your culture needs addressing, a really good place to start is with your values. You undoubtedly...
Erika Clegg
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Peloton: living the values on the shopfloor
Culture is at its most authentic furthest away from the C-Suite. If your values are not wholehearted, are not driven into every action,...
Erika Clegg
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Which is worse: flouting values, or letting them slide?
Did Boris turn a blind eye, or encourage the parties? (Let’s assume that he did actually know they weren’t strictly work.) And - also...
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